Standing 5' 2.5", she began her career as a dancer (she had been dancing since the age of six), gaining much popularity.

Perdue reportedly got on poorly with fellow actress Grace Darmond, with whom she starred with in A Dangerous Adventure (1922).

Movie distributors had conducted a contest in a picture magazine asking fans to suggest a name for Miss Perdue.

She was divorced from Louis M. Feldman in Los Angeles, California in November 1926.

[citation needed] Derelys Perdue died in 1989 in Los Angeles, California, aged 87.